Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Mustafa Maluka

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Mustafa Maluka

Siblings
  
Leroy Maluka

Nieces
  
Milaya Alina Maluka


Mustafa Maluka wwwgaleriebertrandcomsitesdefaultfilesmusta

Mustafa maluka at jack tilton nyc jan 2010


Mustafa Maluka (born 21 November 1976, Cape Town, South Africa) is an artist and cultural analyst. He is known for theatrically confronting the intersection of contemporary critical theory and global politics with his provocative large-scale portraits.

Contents

Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka Galerie Sbastien Bertrand

He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, but came of age in Amsterdam, the Netherlands where he studied at De Ateliers postgraduate art institute and the Amsterdam School for Cultural analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He currently lives and works in Finland.

Mustafa Maluka FlashBack Mustafa Maluka Prodigal Son Issue 08 one

Life and work

Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka VOLTA

Maluka's work has appeared in several international exhibitions such as the 27th São Paulo Bienal in Brazil,"World Histories" at Des Moines Art Centre, Iowa and "Flow" at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Book covers

Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka Tilton Gallery Art Hag

Maluka's work has appeared on the covers of various books. Most recently his painting entitled "I can't believe you think that of me" appeared on the cover of the Harper Collins book South African Art Now and one of his photographs on the cover of the social science book "The new media nation: indigenous peoples and global communication". A still from a 2001 interactive piece was used as the cover for the book "Africa and its significant others: forty years of intercultural entanglement". The multiple award-winning novel by Doreen Baingana called "Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe" was also adorned with 3 covers featuring different works by the artist.

Awards

Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka Tilton Gallery Art Hag

  • 1998 Thami Mnyele Award, Amsterdam
  • 2004 Tollman Award for the Visual Arts

    • Selected solo exhibitions

    Mustafa Maluka ARTE Mustafa Maluka ARTEZINE PAPILLION

  • Hard Living (an ethnomethodological approach), De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2001, Solo Exhibition)
  • The Realness, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2002, Solo Exhibition)
  • Bad for Your Health/Wrong Colour, Virtual Museum of Contemporary African Art (2002, Solo Exhibition)
  • Accented Living: a rough guide, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa (2005, Solo Exhibition)
  • The Interview (a transcript), Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa (2007, Solo Exhibition)
  • Reflexive Indices: a phenomenological study, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland (2007, Solo Exhibition)
  • The Message, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany (2008, Solo Exhibition)
  • The Rhetoric of Sincerity / The Sincerity of Rhetoric, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland (2009, Solo Exhibition)
  • A Place so Foreign, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA (2009, Solo Exhibition)
  • Discourse in Translation: a pragmadialectical analysis, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2010, Solo Exhibition)

    • Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka Vogueit

    Mustafa Maluka Mustafa Maluka Vogueit

    References

    Mustafa Maluka Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA